Cultivar 'Green King' | Origin USA | |
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The Siberian Elm cultivar Ulmus pumila 'Green King' was once believed to have been derived from a crossing of the Siberian Elm Ulmus pumila with the American Red Elm Ulmus rubra. However, it is now apparent the tree originated as a sport of U. pumila in 1939 at the Neosho Nurseries, Neosho, Missouri.
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Description
The tree typically forms a wide base and conical crown [1], not dissimilar to the European Hornbeam Carpinus betulus 'Fastigiata' (known as 'Pyramidalis').
Pests and diseases
See under Ulmus pumila.
Cultivation
'Green King' is perhaps most notable for its extraordinary rate of growth, claimed to be from 2.5 m (8') to 3.4 m (11') per annum, and its resistance to wind and drought. The tree featured in the elm trials [2] conducted by Northern Arizona University at Holbrook, where it was noted that "the hybrid (sic) had not been widely tested for resistance to DED (Dutch elm disease)". Its performance in the Arizona trials seems to have been insufficiently good or bad to warrant any further comment. Although the tree remains commercially available in the USA, it is no longer widely planted, having been eclipsed by later developments such as 'Homestead' and disease-resistant cultivars of the American Elm U. americana. Moreover, its planting, as a clone of the Siberian Elm, is prohibited in Nevada and Oregon. The tree is not known to have been introduced to Europe or Australasia.